Tom Cooper

A brilliant unbeaten 84 from Somerset batsman Tom Cooper proved in vain as Glamorgan won their rain-curtailed NatWest T20 Blast match by two runs via the Duckworth-Lewis method in Cardiff on Saturday

Netherlands were once a top Associate. Missing the World Cup, however, could be the first signs of a fade

Tasmania ended the penultimate day with a lead of 200 runs over South Australia in Adelaide, after the hosts were dismissed for 295 in their innings, conceding a lead of 69

South Australia recovered from a disastrous start, where they lost their top-three batsmen - Kelvin Smith, Mark Cosgrove and Callum Ferguson - for two runs inside the first three overs, to finish the day with a respectable score at the Gliderol Stadium.

A collective batting effort built on a trio of fifties and two hundred-plus stands steered South Australia to 306 for 6 at Gliderol Stadium in Adelaide.

Somerset have signed Australian batsman Tom Cooper for the whole of the 2015 season. The county were looking to add a batsman to their squad following the departure of Nick Compton.

Tom Cooper underpinned a healthy South Australia first innings while Phillip Hughes did not endure in his first innings since serving as Australia's reserve Test batsman in the UAE against Pakistan

Netherlands' batting mainstay Tom Cooper dreams of playing for Australia, his country of birth

South Australia earned a consolatory win at the end of their Matador Cup campaign with a 37-run victory over Tasmania

Tom Cooper has played 38 internationals for the Netherlands, but is still aiming for an Australia call-up

Half-centuries from Tom Cooper and Matthew Wade were in vain as Australia A were handed an eight-wicket defeat by South Africa A in Townsville

Tom Cooper's fluent century and a maiden five-wicket haul from Mitchell Marsh set up an authoritative victory for Australia A over National Performance Squad

Australia A fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of the Quadrangular A-team one-day series after suffering a side strain in the opening game against India A on Sunday

In the morning, Marcus North announced his retirement. By the end of the evening he was being toasted by Western Australian cricket for another reason, as the winner of the Laurie Sawle Medal

Three captains went through a whole host emotions as the first phase of the World T20 came to a dramatic conclusion. In the end, William Porterfield was distraught, Brendan Taylor phlegmatic and Peter Borren ecstatic

Netherlands pulled off one of the best chases in Twenty20 cricket, chasing 190 in 13.5 overs to break the hearts of their opponents Ireland and Group B rivals Zimbabwe and progress to the Super 10 of the World T20

Peter Borren, the Netherlands captain, was proud that his side had come through the controversy over Tom Cooper's call-up with an emphatic win over UAE.

Netherlands' batsmen came good when it mattered, as they made short work of a potentially tricky target of 152 against UAE

Controversy has broken out over Tom Cooper's induction into the Netherlands World T20 squad as a replacement for the injured Tim Gruijters